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The Well-Filled Microwave Cookbook (Well-Filled Series , No 2)

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I cook in my microwave now. This book is wonderful. There are great soup recipes. My favorite are Chicken Tortilla and Minestrone. All the vergetables are cover with directions on how to get the best flavors. This book also tells you what you cannot cook well in the microwave. And the price is fantastic! This is great for a first time cook too.

I found 2 recipes in this entire book that are quick, easy-to-do recipes. If you're looking for fancy dishes you can make in the microwave, this is for you, not for the college kid looking for something simple.

This book shows how the microwave can be used for preparing many traditional dishes that ordinarily would take too much time or attention for me to consider. For example, the basic risotto recipe takes about 30 minutes total -- and it is delicious. The authors include several variations to the basic recipe as well, incorporating sausage, shrimp, mushrooms, etc. Microwave corn on the cob is a wonderful summer recipe. Using the microwave you can enjoy preparing as well as eating this dish -- because you don't have to heat up your kitchen by boiling a large pot of water. Another very helpful thing that the authors do is tell you flat out when a dish is NOT microwavable, such as preparing eggs, breads, and whole roasts.

If you want to use your microwave for more than popcorn and reheating food, this is the book. Perfect beans that never burn and require no watching, risotto without stirring, lots of veggies. This is the book. I have never seen better and have had friends ask for microwave recipes. I am a decent cook, and am able to put out some good food with a lot less effort than conventional cooking. The microwave can't do everything well, but it is a great tool that is probably under utilized in most kitchens.

This is a perfect cook book for folks who hate TV dinners but lack the time, or the skills, for a major production. The old fashioned fudge recipe, as good as Ma's and a heck of a lot more reliable, and split pea with ham, should become classics and these are just the start of the fun